Title :
Comparison of cascadability performance of different types of commercially available wavelength (de)multiplexers
Author :
Caspar, C. ; Foisel, H.-M. ; Helmolt, C.V. ; Strebel, B. ; Sugaya, Y.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
fDate :
9/11/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The cascadability performance of different types of commercially available wavelength (de)multiplexers is evaluated with regard to the amplitude and group delay characteristic. The bit error rate performance at 10 Gbit/s NRZ of 30 cascaded devices in an optical loop testbed is presented
Keywords :
delays; demultiplexing equipment; digital communication; error statistics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical testing; telecommunication equipment testing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; BER performance; NRZ signal format; WDM data streams; amplitude characteristic; bit error rate; cascadability performance; commercially available equipment; group delay characteristic; optical loop testbed; wavelength demultiplexers; wavelength multiplexers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971116
